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By: Herring, M. L.
Born of Fire and Rain: Journey Into a Pacific Coastal Forest
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartGo beyond the scenery of the Pacific temperate rainforest to witness how complex ecosystems survive in a world of upheavals
If you live on a rapidly changing planet, you’d be wise to learn how it wor- Author: Herring, M. L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300275420
- Language: English
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By: Moyn, Samuel
Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times
$20.00PaperbackRead moreThe Cold War roots of liberalism’s present crisis
“[A] daring new book.”–Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post “A fascinating and combative intellectual history.”–Gideon Rachman, Financial Times By the m- Author: Moyn, Samuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0300280122
- Language: English
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Naples 1925: Adorno, Benjamin, and the Summer That Made Critical Theory
$26.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe untold story of how the volcanic landscape surrounding Naples influenced a crucial moment in twentieth-century intellectual history
In the 1920s, the Gulf of Naples was a magnet for European inte- Series: Margellos World Republic of Letters
- Author: Mittelmeier, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 300259301
- Language: English
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Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor
$18.00PaperbackRead moreExperience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy
“[Robertson] thoughtfully and readably capture[s] the essenc- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Robertson, Donald J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300280149
- Language: English
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By: Mynott, Jeremy
The Story of Nature: A Human History
$35.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe story of humanity’s evolving relationship with the natural world from pre-history to the present day
Nature has long been the source of human curiosity and wonderment, and the inspiration for som- Author: Mynott, Jeremy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300245653
- Language: English
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By: Wirzba, Norman
Love’s Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis
$26.00HardcoverAdd to cartA moving exploration of the place of hope in the world today, drawing on agrarian principles
In this series of meditations, Norman Wirzba recasts hope not as something people have, like a vaccine to- Author: Wirzba, Norman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300272650
- Language: English
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By: Cha, Victor
Korea: A New History of South and North
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartA major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day
“Cha and Pacheco Pardo have years of expertise in Korean international relations. . . . A crisp and ba- Author: Cha, Victor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0300278705
- Language: English
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By: Westad, Odd Arne
The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform
$38.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe first thorough account of a formative and little understood chapter in Chinese history
“Almost every page contains an eye-opening detail. . . . The Great Transformation evokes the multiple paths,- Author: Westad, Odd Arne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300267088
- Language: English
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They Flew: A History of the Impossible
$24.00PaperbackAdd to cartAn award-winning historian’s examination of impossible events at the dawn of modernity and of their enduring significance
“Historically rich and superbly written.”–David J. Davis, Wall Street Journa- Author: Eire, Carlos M. N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0300280076
- Language: English
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By: Humm, Maggie
The Bloomsbury Photographs
$40.00HardcoverAdd to cartAn enthralling portrait of the Bloomsbury Group’s key figures told through a rich collection of intimate photographs
Photography framed the world of the Bloomsbury Group. The thousands of photographs- Author: Humm, Maggie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300273754
- Language: English
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By: Darwish, Najwan
No One Will Know You Tomorrow: Selected Poems, 2014-2024
$28.00HardcoverAdd to cartA selection of the exquisite, passionate verse of the Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish, superbly translated into English
“A lush bouquet of essential poems from one of our species’ most urgent living p- Series: Margellos World Republic of Letters
- Author: Darwish, Najwan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0300275463
- Language: English
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The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes’ Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of
$19.00PaperbackRead moreA New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice: A vivid account of the generations-long dispute over Bayes’ rule, one of the greatest breakthroughs in the history of applied mathematics and statistics
“- Author: McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 25 2012
- ISBN10: 0300188226
- Language: English
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By: Goodman, Micah
Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War
$18.00PaperbackRead moreA controversial examination of the internal Israeli debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a best-selling Israeli author
“A must for anyone who wants to understand the tectonic forces under- Author: Goodman, Micah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 0300248415
- Language: English
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By: Yanyi
The Year of Blue Water: Volume 113
$20.00PaperbackRead moreWinner of the 2018 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize
“Weaves together descriptions of experiences of immigration as a Chinese-American and of racism, mental wellness, and gender from a queer and tran- Series: Yale Younger Poets #113
- Author: Yanyi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 26 2019
- ISBN10: 0300242646
- Language: English
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By: Smith, Patti
Devotion
$17.00HardcoverRead moreThe National Book Award-winning author of Year of the Monkey, Just Kids, and M Train offers a rare, intimate account of her own creative process
“Devotion is short enough to devour at one enjoyable si- Series: Why I Write
- Author: Smith, Patti
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 0300218621
- Language: English
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Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful
$65.00HardcoverAdd to cartA sweeping retrospective of Alma W. Thomas’s wide-reaching artistic practice that sheds new light on her singular search for beauty
Achieving fame in 1972 as the first Black woman to mount a solo sho- Author: Walz, Jonathan Frederick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0300258933
- Language: English
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The Mathematics Lover’s Companion: Masterpieces for Everyone
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartTwenty-three mathematical masterpieces for exploration and enlightenment
“A mind-broadening experience.”–Paul J. Campbell, Mathematics Magazine How can a shape have more than one dimension but fewer- Author: Scheinerman, Edward R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 030025539X
- Language: English
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By: Cockett, Richard
Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
$24.00PaperbackAdd to cartHow can one European capital be responsible for most of the West’s intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century?
Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architect- Author: Cockett, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0300279361
- Language: English
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By: Goodall, John
The Castle: A History
$26.00HardcoverRead moreA vibrant history of the castle in Britain, from the early Middle Ages to the present day
The castle has long had a pivotal place in British life, associated with lordship, landholding, and military- Author: Goodall, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0300251904
- Language: English
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Radical Vision: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry
$18.00PaperbackRead moreA “loving, lavishly detailed” (New York Times) and captivating portrait of Lorraine Hansberry’s life, art, and political activism–one of O Magazine‘s best books of April 2021
“A devoted and deeply fe- Author: Colbert, Soyica Diggs
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 030026478X
- Language: English












